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Everything Everywhere Daily
Learn something new every day! Everything Everywhere Daily is a daily podcast for Intellectually Curious People. Host Gary Arndt tells the stories of interesting people, places, and things from around the world and throughout history. Gary is an accomplished world traveler, travel photographer, and...
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The Marshall Plan (Encore)
At the end of the Second World War, Europe was a mess. The economies of most countries were in shambles and the threat of communism loomed over the co...
Swiss Neutrality
There are several rules that should be followed when going to war:
Germany should never fight wars against the entire world
Hollow Nickel Case
In 1953, a newspaper delivery boy in Brooklyn, New York, made an odd discovery. One of his customers gave him a nickel that seemed lighter than the ot...
The V2 Rocket
The Second World War saw the development of many new weapons. Perhaps none was more terrifying than the development of long-range strategic rockets. <...
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton was a U.S founding father who has been growing in popularity due to the popular musical Hamilton, by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
The Fra Mauro Medieval World Map
Sometime around the year 1450, a monk living just outside of Venice created one of the greatest maps of the medieval world.
It was an en...
Borobudur
Located in Central Java, outside of the modern city of Yogyakarta, lies the world’s largest Buddhist temple, Borobudur.
Borobudur doesn’...
LEGO
Lego is one of the best-known toy brands in the world.
Known for its fun and complex building process, the small plastic bricks encourag...
Dubai
Just 60 years ago, Dubai was a sandy, underpopulated port on a minor creek emptying into the Persian Gulf.
Today, it is one of the most...
The World's Greatest Art Museums
For thousands of years, human beings have created works of art. Many of these works are commissioned by rulers, merchants, or religious leaders.
The Taiping Rebellion
In the mid-19th century, China experienced its greatest civil war.
It was a conflict that set China on a course that eventually led to C...
Cracking the Enigma Code (Encore)
During the Second World War, the Germans used what they thought was an uncrackable encryption system.
It was a really good encryption sy...
Kaliningrad
Located on the Baltic Sea, sandwiched between the nations of Lithuania and Poland, is the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.
Kaliningrad, as...
The Year 1950
In the year 1950, the world was halfway through the 20th century.
In the 25 years prior, the world had seen the greatest economic downtu...
Compound Interest (Encore)
One of the most powerful forces in economics and finance is compound interest.
Not everyone understands compound interest, even though t...
The Sinking of the Lusitania
On May 7, 1915, nearly a year into the First World War, the British steamship RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German U-boat off the southern coast of Irel...
The 1969 Sino-Soviet Border Conflict
Many people think that the closest the world ever came to nuclear war was during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
To be sure, that was a very t...
The Origins of the Federal Reserve
In 1913, the United States created its third national bank.
Unlike the previous two, this bank was organized in a completely different m...
The Dominican Republic
Known for its beautiful beaches, vast history, and unique culture, the Dominican Republic is one of the Caribbean's crown jewels.
However...
Questions and Answers: Volume 36
November, the 9th month of the Roman calendar and the 11th month in our calendar, is upon us.
It is the month when we think of turkeys, p...
Pumpkins
Pumpkins are a staple of the autumn season, used in events like Halloween and Thanksgiving as symbols of the holidays and in various culinary dishes. ...
The Eastern Front of World War I
During the First World War, most of the attention, at least in the West, was focused on the Western Front.
However, the Western Front wa...
Zombies (Encore)
One of the most popular forms of fiction today involves zombies. There are TV shows, movies, and books that all envision life during a zombie apocalyp...
Black Tuesday and the 1929 Stock Market Crash (Encore)
On October 28, 1929, a day known as Black Monday, the New York Stock Exchange suffered its greatest one-day loss in history.
The next da...
Challenger Deep and the Mariana Trench
Located in an arch sweeping to the east and south of the Marina Islands and Guam is the deepest part of the ocean, the Mariana Trench.
R...
The Shroud of Turin
In the 13th century, a French knight came forward and displayed what he claimed was the burial cloth of Jesus Christ.
Almost immediately,...
The Winter War
On November 30, 1939, the Soviet Union invaded Finland.
The Soviet Union forced the Finns to sue for peace after three months of fightin...
The History of NATO
In the years following the end of the Second World War, the post-war world that many in the West hoped for never materialized.
Their for...
The 1989 Romanian Revolution
In November 1989, the world changed when the Berlin Wall came down, marking the beginning of the unraveling of the Iron Curtain.
Almost a...
The Younger Dryas
Around 12,900 years ago, the last ice age was ending. Things were warming up, and the glaciers were starting to recede. …and then something happened. ...
Popcorn
Almost everyone has had popcorn and some of you have even probably had some recently.
Popcorn can be made at home, can be purchased pre p...
Starship Update
One of the biggest advances in space flight right now is happening with the development of Starship.
Starship is the largest rocket ever...
Napoleon’s 100 Days (Encore)
After years of war throughout the continent of Europe, in 1814, Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated and was exiled to the small island of Elba off th...
The Cultural Revolution
In 1966, the People’s Republic of China entered what became one of the most tumultuous periods in its history.
In a spasm of revolutiona...
Margarine
In the mid-19th century, the French Emperor Napoleon III requested the creation of a product similar to butter but cheaper.
The result w...
The Zodiac Killer
1968 marked the beginning of one of the most infamous killing sprees in American history.
For two years, Northern California was terroriz...
The Battle of Actium
On September 2, 31 BC, one of the most important battles in history took place off the coast of Greece.
The forces of Octavian, the post...
The 2025 Nobel Prizes
Every year, the Nobel Prize committee awards the Nobel Prize in accordance with the will of Alfred Nobel.
Save for the years where there...
The Year 1925
If you look at the grand sweep of human history, there are centuries where seemingly little happens, and there are decades where centuries take place....
Prohibition (Encore)
On January 16, 1919, the 18th Amendment to the US Constitution was passed. It banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol.